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Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI
RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10296-10130

RECORD SERIES: HQ
AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 163,1504-7

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI
FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI
TO: DIRECTOR, CIA

TITLE :

DATE: 03/23/1970
PAGES: 3

SUBJECTS :
WHI, ASSOC, RCK, IDENT, BKG, AKA, MIL SERV, EMP

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
CLASSIFICATION : — Secret
RESTRICTIONS : 1B
CURRENT STATUS: — Redact
DATE OF LASTREVIEW: = 05/18/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF CIA

COMMENTS : INC MEMO

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MAERMAL SECURITY - Laos. "CLASSIFIED BY bb Su

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eference te made to. your request dated March 10,
“my, ‘letter dated November 21, 1969, concerning
dividual, your ‘file B-956.

: There is ‘enclosed one. copy each of the fingerprint
ards of captioned: individual and James Warren Smedley, who

dentical-with the James Warren Smedley mentioned in
March 10, 1970.

o ted: that. ‘you were- » furnished two copies of
Gof Investigation Identification Record
Hgo xr Pratt, by my letter dated
A: view of the files of this Bureau
fication Record identifiable with
madiey Ox, “William Herman Jackson, also
Ee MNQME TNayl lawtiorn, who. were also mentioned in
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Director
Central Intelligence Agency

While no Identification Record concerning
James Warren Smedley was located, the enclosed fingerprint
cards concerning Smedley and Pratt may be of assistance to-
you in making record checks throughfofficial Thai sources. (6)
The enclosed fingerprint cards and the copies of the :
Identification Record which were furnished to you by my
letter dated November 21, 1969, may be utilized by you
in checking [official Thai| sources: ‘concerning the(S
individuals ientioned above. In making such checks, you
must insure that the[Thai officialg|clearly understand 6)
that it is your Agency which is making the record checks
and that such checks are not in any way being made for
this Bureau.

Enclosures ~ Z

NOTE:

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) previously
checked the names of Pratt, Jackson, and Smedley through
Bureau files. CIA has advised that Pratt had reportedly POON
attempted to get people out of Vietnam into Laos where © j i.
these people could be trained and shipped to the United States
to assist in the "Black Movement." By memorandum dated.
3/10/70, CIA furnished additional identifying information
concerning Jackson and Smedley and requested copies of
fingerprint records. CIA requested to be advised-if those
records could be provided tofofficial Thai] sources in{S
order to facilitate checking certain Ghaleyores whic

would otherwise be unavailable.

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B-956 (
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. , SUBJECT: George Hoover PRATT
va Reference: UA. Our memorandum of 11 February 1970,
10: ce Subject as above.
OBJECTION TS
CIA HAS NO f ariog ANEYOR, B. Your letter dated 21 November 1969,
PE EASE ee ORMATION Subject: George Hoover PRATT,
ASE OF UA i , Internal Security - Laos Racial
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nN TH DOCUMENT. -equept Fok Matters.
Kf 10 “0-t} sapfese 147-48 (SFR) © ,
1. Our representative in Vientiane, Laos | f
provided the llowing addition information con-. . acnae
cerning Herman (JACKSON. and KingJSMEDLEY mentioned in } rd
paragraph 1A of reference A: —
a. Herman jJJACKSON is believed to be identi-
cal with William HermanfJACKSON, also known as Jack Karl
LX aisoRN, who was born 24: November _1926in Dothan, ~~
“Alabama... JACKSON. Sa rétired tnited States" Army. “Master
“Sergeant who now owns Jack's American Star Bar in Bang-
kok, Thailand. . He carries United States passport number
}- 2539419, ; ~~

ing SMEDLEY is believed to be identical
, with James Warren] SMEDLEY, negro male born on 3 October
* 1922 at Roanoke, Virginia: SMEDLEY served in “the United af
ym States Air’ Force. He carries United States passport FaRnelé:

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Se 2. Please provide us with copies of ‘the finger-
| print records of Subject and William Herman JACKSON.
ot _ Please. advise_us if we may provide these records to
‘8 (9k official ThaiJsourcestin order to facilitate checking
\ rtain Thai Trecords “that would otherwise not be avail-
able.

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